Politics & Government

McCain denounces 'half-baked spurious nationalism'

Oct 17, 2017

Senator John McCain jabbed Monday night at unnamed pushers of isolationist politics, saying at his National Constitution Center Liberty Medal ceremony in Philadelphia that abandoning America's role as an international leader is "unpatriotic". The

The National Rifle Association didn't begin as the political power we know today. It was the poor shooting skills of Northern soldiers during the Civil War that led a group of Union Army veterans to form the group with a focus on marksmanship.

Raul Labrador talks May 1, 2018 to the Statesman's Bill Manny about news reports that if elected governor and if Idahoans vote for Medicaid expansion, he would examine all options of how to respond, including possibly overturning the public vote.

Jim McGrath, a spokesman for the Bush family, said Sunday that Former first lady Barbara Bush is in “failing health” and won’t seek additional medical treatment. He said she will instead focus on comfort care.

Harley Brown, a Republican from Nampa, says he wants to be taken seriously as a candidate for Idaho governor. He has run, perennially and unsuccessfully, for several offices over the years. He participated in a GOP gubernatorial debate in 2014 alo

Dan Dolenar and his wife, Leslie, talk in their East Boise home about the traffic accident that changed their lives. In the summer of 2016, Dolenar suffered a traumatic brain injury after being hit by a young driver who was believed to be texting

President Trump revealed that he would sign the omnibus spending bill passed by Congress late Thursday, noting that he was "unhappy" about "a lot of things" in the bill but that he'd approve it for "national security" reasons.

President Donald Trump's White House is threatened by allegations from his past, with court cases looming from an adult film star, a former Playboy model and a reality show contestant. Trump has denied accusations from all three women.